Thread: Surprised this didnt go for more....

http://tinyurl.com/yhje6v

wish i was around when it was finishing.

B

I had my eye on that one too. Aside from the tiny nicks in the blade, it looked like a great little razor. Now, a bit of time and know how with a hone and you're in business. I can't think of a better motivator to (painful pun alert) hone your skills.

I'll let you know how it turns out

I've already started in on a case of SAD, and I'm such a noob that I've only shaved with a straight twice - and it was with a Boker King cutter that I found locally that I restored myself...I don't even have a shave ready reference blade to compare it to yet

Does anyone have any tips on how I should handle the nick in the edge? I was thinking of starting by putting a piece of tape on the tang and heading to some 400 grit wet/dry paper on a glass plate. Does this sound like a good plan, or should I go coarser (or finer?) initially?

Spraiski

Go finer, like 1000 grit or so - sandpaper grit is very coarse compared to hone grit, I don't know if there's a conversion factor but it's substantial (compare 1000 grit sandpaper to a hard arkansas stone which is also ~1000 grit).

I was watching that one as well.

Actually, those nicks should come out with the 4K side of the Norton and some circle strokes. Might want to tape up the spine. The blade should clean up well with some Maas and the Dremel.

Have fun, these are nice shavers,

Lynn

Ok, when it gets here I'll start with circles at 4000 and see how it goes from there...I just looked at the pictures again, and it looks like I have been overestimating the size of the nicks.

Spraiski